THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart, for giving me the opportunity to serve as your NHAMSS President for the past two years, and President-Elect for the previous two years. It has been a fantastic and rewarding journey both personally and professionally!

Our NH Association consists of the most incredible people from all walks of our profession. We all should be very proud of what we do to protect the patients of our communities. Never forget that we are the first line of defense for patient safety! We are New Hampshire proud!

And…..A very special thank you to my best friend and husband, Richard, for his support and assistance! His encouragement to me everystepoftheway has been incredible! He also does a fantastic job putting together meeting and conference packets!

Through my journey, I also had the opportunity to meet some amazing people by attending the NAMSS Leadership Conferences and National Conferences. I will be forever grateful for their friendships!

The support of your facility and supervisor/director/boss is critical to your role as NHAMSS President and President-Elect. Thank you Concord Hospital and Dave for your encouragement and support!

Now, on with some business……

Congratulations to Cindy Naum, CPCS from Southern New Hampshire Medical Center! Cindy was this year’s recipient of the NHAMSS Excellence in Medical Staff Services Award!

As of January 1st, 2015 this slate of officers will be entrusted with the great privilege of leadership and are charged with safeguarding the interests and reputation of the New Hampshire Association Medical Staff Services. Congratulations!

One last business note…..at the December Board meeting, we discussed the National Conference coming to Boston in 2016! The Board will be looking for a few volunteers to form a special committee to explore a means of shared transportation for our members at either no or very little cost. More to come about this very soon!

Before I close, I would like to thank you all again, and wish you a very happy, healthy and blessed holiday season!

Tanya

"He always knew he was a little different, but he let his light shine regardless of what others said.

BE MORE RUDOLPH”.

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NH State Bird: Purple Finch

NH State Flower: Purple Lilac

This year's NHAMSS Annual Conference will be held on March 29, 2017 at the Puritan in Manchester, NH. Please click here to view the brochure and registration information: Brochure - 2017 Conference.pdf

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon currently has the following positions available: Credentialing Specialist and Sr. Credentialing Specialist. Interested candidates should apply at http://careers.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/search_jobs/dh_jobs.html. Once at the link select LEBANON as the region; PROFESSIONAL/MANAGEMENT as the job category; 30-40 HOURS as the schedule (it is 40 hours); CREDENTIALING as the keyword. Posted 07/24/2017

~RE: Below is what is written in our bylaws. The section of the bylaws copied below, stipulates that the medical staff must adhere to all policies. This would cover documentation.

"Hospital policies, as signed by the Chief Medical Officer, shall be adhered to as rules and regulations, in accordance with the Hospital policy, Policy Development, Review, Revision, Distribution and Maintenance."